Dependence of Diaphragm Function on Abdominal Compliance

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Mar;16(3):381-386. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201809-616CC.

Authors

Eric J Gartman^{1

2}, Patrick Koo³, Frank Dennis McCool^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² 2 Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ 3 Department of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee; and.
⁴ 4 Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.

PMID: 30821494
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201809-616CC

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall / physiopathology*
Aged
Biomechanical Phenomena
Diaphragm / physiopathology*
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology*
Dyspnea / physiopathology
Female
Hernia, Abdominal / complications*
Hernia, Abdominal / physiopathology
Hernia, Abdominal / surgery
Herniorrhaphy / methods
Humans
Inhalation / physiology*